The Last Prego Pictures

The good thing about Jeremy taking pictures is that if the children act like they did today we didn't waste any money or someone else's time. The bad thing is that it is next to impossible to get Jeremy in the picture. Amid the crying, uncooperative spirit, and Josiah insisting on having his "saw" in the picture we got 2 good ones.

Officially 38 weeks. The end. No more pictures of me! I'm tired of eating and tired of gaining weight. I've gained a good 60 pounds. I'd appreciate a nice big baby to show for it!!! =)

I wanted everyone's hands on my tummy. Not too bad!

Now the funny face and the saw.

Look at Josiah's smile! We can rarely get a smile in a picture. Daddy told him to say cheesy-cakes and he did!

Yup, I'm going to be a busy Mom. I have busy children. I'm ready!

While We Wait

We enjoyed a quiet morning as a family. As THE day approaches I cherish these moments with our family as we are now. Of course once I hold our baby I won't be able to imagine our family without her! That is the beauty of family. I had my camera close by and I just took a few pictures of some of our little moments.

Craft Central. Aliza spent lots of time today cutting and gluing.

Snuggles around my tummy.

Lots of playing in the leaves. It was a comfortably warm day and we took advantage of it!

Josiah found something to use as a drill to make holes in the piles of leaves (looking for bugs). He used his little tractor to push leaves. He used his lawnmower to mow the leaves. Finally, he used Daddy's shovel to scoop leaves.

Aliza hopped up on Daddy's lap and asked him to play with her hair.

Special Weekend

My weekend started and ended with some fabulous girl time! First off was a baby shower brunch at Bob Evans Restaurant.

Janell set up a pumpkin theme (maybe since I painted my belly? haha). The tag on the favors thanks the guests for celebrating with Jeremy and I as we anxiously await our little pumpkin. Inside the bag was a Pillsbury mix for pumpkin bread. How cute is that??!! Meghan painted the pumpkins for table decorations. I LOVE them!

I think I can....I think I can....I think I can....make it 2 more weeks. Contractions are welcome to start any time though!

That would be my dessert.

Sunday afternoon my sisters and Mom got together and watched the documentary movie Babies. It has been a very long time since we have done something with only the adult girls. I enjoyed the movie especially looking at it from a cultural perspective. It is so easy to judge other cultures based on our own comfort levels and experience, but every culture has something beautiful to offer. We ate out and enjoyed an uninterrupted meal and adult conversation. I vote that we not wait years before we plan to do something else! Yay for great husbands who watched the kiddos!

Me

I was sitting there and I thought, "Man, I look really big." I took a picture.

This Evening

All I felt like doing this evening was laying. After about 1 minute I had two other little people laying with me. I'm pretty sure there will be many more of these moments in the weeks to come. Of course, there is room for one more little one!

I think Daddy was getting tired of the same hiding places for hide and seek. Now that it is dark in the evenings hide and seek is a daily game.

Little Man

All his tools in his pockets.

Proud of the tomatoes and peppers he picked from Grandad's garden.

It is November!

We will have a new baby this month! I put the baby book calendar page on the refrigerator today. I have made a year of calendar pages that I will keep on the fridge and record baby's milestones. The calendar pages will then go in the scrapbook.

There are so many emotions and thoughts swirling around in my head as I anticipate the coming of our baby. Many are not bloggable! I can say that change is not easy for either me or Aliza and that is a concern that is on my mind a lot.

It would be nice if Aliza and Josiah could be well behaved and "easy" these last couple weeks. Today did not start that way. Meghan called me this morning and about 2 seconds into the phone call I was crying. The day did not get better. Maybe the end of pregnancy insomnia will relent tonight so I have a chance to pull myself and my patience together for tomorrow.